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SPECIFICATION form/ing part of Letters Parent Ivo. l381,342, dated april17. 1888- f I vApplication filed September 2, 188)"1.` Serial No.248,625. i (No model.)

T @ZZ whom timmy concern:

Beit known that I, LEVI JusTUs DE LAND,

y of Fairport, in the county of Monroe and State.

of New York, have invented a newand useful Improvement ijnBulletin-Boards, of which the following is a specification.' Y

My invention is an improved bulletin-board,

and seeks, among other improvements, to provide'a simple construction bywhich to jhold a number of tablets or cards which'may be differentlyinscribed, and may be changed as often as desired for the purpose yofexhibiting different signs-from time to time.

The invention consists in certain features of constructlon and novelcombinations of parts,-

. as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings,vFignre l 'is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2is adetail perspective view of one of the side pockets, and Fig. 3 is adetached section illustrating the connection between one ofthe siderails and v one of the cross-bars of the'framing.

The framing shown consists-of legs or side rails, A, and the top andbottom cross-bars,

B and C, Whichare connected -with the side rails by the aid of -metalstraps D, which are looped around the side rails and secured, by bolts dorl in other suitable manner, to the side rails. 1 These straps arepreferred, and it is also preferred to seat them in transverse groovesa, formed in the side rails, as such construction Y serves to preventany movement of the straps along the side rails without-necessitatingthe driving of screws or nails into the siderails for such purpose. Therails A are provided with side pockets, E,. which open inward towardeach other and have bottoms e, which bear ythe side rails, whichextensions are bent at approximately right angles, as shown,and formthe'bottoms e of the pockets. This construction of pockets is verylsimple and inexpensive, and efficiently serves to secure the tablets Gin position. The tablets may be seen from At their lower,

both sides. Thus two differentsigns vor. no-

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tices can'be exhibited at the same time. `These tablets, as willbereadilyunderstood,"maybe inscribed in'.v any suitable manner, and. bychanging the positions'of the tablets from'tlme to'. time, bringingdifferent tablets to the front, aigreat variety of signs may be`used.The pockets may be' fitted to contain oneor-more dozen orp any othersuitable number of tablets;

The tablets G may beof card-board, l.tln'n.

ymetalor other suitable material.

joint or inother suitablefmanner, instead ofF r'bythe straps shown. a y,v

By forming the pockets through. the ald of.V

4'the Vplates E, secured to thel side uprights and Y projected inwardlytherefrom, I not only provide `a cheap construction by reason of the.

Manifestly the cross-bars B and C maybe' v connected with' the-siderails, A, by\mort1se f y economy of material used and the ease of,v

making it, but I provide a space for the bulletin coextensivewiththethickness of the side uprights, giving the board a largecapacityfor lholding bulletins, Vso that agreat number. may

be secured therein.

claim as new is- Having thus described myV-invention, 'what I n '1.Thebulletin-boardherein described, conf sisting of the uprightsAA,"havin'g transverse grooves a aformed in them, the cross-bars B C,the strapsl D, looped around the -uprights A, and-seated' inthe groovesa thereof, and

lapped at'their ends on opposite sides of the said cross-bars, and theplates E, secured` to the opposite sides of the uprights'A A, andvprojected beyond the inner edges thereof, all

substantially as and for the purposes specified. f

2. In al bulletin-board,- Athe combination of side rails, plates securedto the oppositey sides of lsaid rails and projected inwardly past theinn'erffaces of said rails, formingvpockets loe-- tween saidrails,whereby bulletins supported y thereby may be seen from either siderofthe bulletin-board, substantially as set-forth.

- 3. In a bulletin-board, the combination of the side railsthecrossbaror bars connecting suchrails, and-theplatessecured to the'siderails and extended pasttheinneredges thereof, forming the sides of thepockets, such platesbeing provided at their lower ends with extensionsbent at right angles to themainv por- Ico' tions of the plates, formingthe bott-oms of the pockets, substantially as and for the purposesspecified.

4. The herein-described bulletin-board comprising the side railsprovided with pockets to receive the bulletins, the cross-bars extendedbetween said side rails, and the straps D, looped around the rails andsecured tothe cross-bars, substantially asset forth.

5. The improved bulletin-board herein described, consisting of the siderails, the crossbars, the straps D, looped around the rails and securedto the cross-bars, and the plates E, secured to the side rails andprojected inwardly past the inner edges thereof, forming pockets 15betweensaid siderails,substantially assetforth.

LEVI JUSTUS DE LAND. Witnesses:

WAYLAND M. DE LAND, CHARLES MCCAFFREY.

